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Gordon P. Hemsley  
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 More options Mar 7 2009, 11:54 pm
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From: "Gordon P. Hemsley" <gphems...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 20:54:41 -0800 (PST)
Local: Sat, Mar 7 2009 11:54 pm
Subject: Re: Firefox 3.1 becoming Firefox 3.5
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On Mar 7, 10:46 pm, Samuel Sidler <s...@mozilla.com> wrote:

> On Mar 7, 2009, at 7:34 PM, Gordon P. Hemsley wrote:

> > And I would see Gecko and Firefox versions finally synching as a good
> > thing. I have expressed from the beginning my support for the fact
> > that [Gecko 1.9].x == [Firefox 3].x. Why would effort be made to
> > specifically go back away from that?

> Gecko numbers have never really been "in sync" with major Firefox  
> versions (maintenance releases are clearly different here). We have  
> major Gecko versions and major Firefox versions.

> e.g.:

>   * Firefox 1 == Gecko 1.7
>   * Firefox 1.5 == Gecko 1.8.0
>   * Firefox 2 == Gecko 1.8.1
>   * Firefox 3 == Gecko 1.9.0
>   * Firefox 3.5 == Gecko 1.9.1

> There's nothing wrong or inconsistent about this. Gecko version  
> numbers aren't really "user-facing" either, so they don't really need  
> to be in sync with Firefox version numbers.

> Regardless, Gecko releases are not the same as Firefox releases. Let's  
> not confuse the two in this discussion.

> -Sam

I'm aware that they haven't been in sync before. But I would think
it'd be beneficial for them to finally be, wouldn't it? Perhaps not to
the end user, but for developers (of various kinds)?

Is Gecko actually released independently of Firefox, or does it just
sit in the repository with tags? And how much of Firefox is Gecko, and
how much isn't? Particularly, with regard to the new features in
Shiretoko? I don't think the distinction should be noted until those
details are specified.

Gordon


 
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